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whitter45
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7222114.stm
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Wise move, they get more search traffic but they'll never be accused of monopoly in the search marketplace while Google are doing so well.
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bugger me
ill give them 2 frogs and a olly for it
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Makes sense to make such a move TBH - and probably the only way that Yahoo can come back and compete fully with Google.
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Yahoo had lower profits than they wanted as well so will be hard for them to turn down that offer
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Doesn't BT own Yahoo?
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22billion

Laters all, you have have it Mr Gates. With 22 billion, time to kick back, buy an island somewhere, build my own racetrack, runway etc and enjoy life to the full.
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Google are leaps ahead of microsoft in the internet domination race, this would be a good purchase for Microsoft!




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Bill Gates is a greedy badger.
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Bill Gates is stepping down from microsoft in june or july to go and work for the gates foundation full time, doesn't sound greedy to me tbh.

 
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